Teams: Kent State, Samford, UAB, Green Bay,
Schedule
Friday, November 13
UAB vs. Green Bay 5:00 p.m.
Kent State vs. Samford 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 14
Samford vs. Green Bay 5:00 p.m.
Kent State vs. UAB 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 15
UAB vs. Samford 2:00 p.m.
Kent State vs. Green Bay 4:30 p.m.
Team Capsules
Samford
Head Coach: Jimmy Tillette, 13th season, 195-161
2008-2009: 16-16, 9-11 Southern Conference
Outlook: run a Princeton style offense, very deliberate on offense – wants to play a slow pace, return five of top six players from last year, return PG Trey Montgomery and forward Bryan Friday, defensively they play a lot of match up zone, want to play their game in the 50's, senior forward Jim Griffin passed away in September to an apparent heart attack
UAB
Head Coach: Mike Davis, 4th season at UAB - 60-39
2008-2009: 22-12, 11-5 Conference USA, NIT – 1st Round
Outlook: will press and trap for the whole game, complete opposite of Samford, coached by Mike Davis – the last time KSU fans saw Davis was in the 2002 Elite 8 when he was the coach at Indiana, three lettermen returning while losing seven lettermen, lose approximately 90% of scoring and rebounding from a year ago, lose three double digit, 1,000 point career scorers from a year in Robert Vaden, Paul Delaney III and Lawrence Kinnard, have established a nice tradion by going to the 2004 Sweet 16, six postseasons in the last seven years, including three NCAA appearances in the last six years
Green Bay
Head Coach: Tod Kowalczyk, 8th season, 114-99
2008-2009: 22-11, 13-5, CBI – 1st Round
Outlook: return guards Troy Cotton and Rahmon Fletcher who were both named to the preseason All-Horizon League second team, picked fifth in Horizon League preseason poll, Kowalczyk is a good friend of former KSU coach Jim Christian, has built the Phoenix into one of the top programs in the HL
Kent State men's basketball team opens season tonight – Record Courier
Random note…Go Akron Zips, beat the Temple Owls tonight in football on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m.
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